small note to add, since v9.x the password complexity is enforced in the user-seed.conf file as well.  So be sure the new password is at least 8ch long or whatever your complexity requirements are.  If the new etc/passwd file is not created, then check splunkd.log file for the failure reason.  ... View more

if all you want is to know what happens when you run a command, you could just spin up a VM and run the command.  that's literally what DEV environments are for... [splunk@ClientMachine bin]$ ./splunk disable deploy-server Your session is invalid. Please login. Splunk username: admin Password: Login successful, running command... Deployment Server is disabled. [splunk@ClientMachine bin]$ ... View more

Thank you. ... View more